Thursday 1st August 2024 is Colorado Day. We celebrate with the songs of John Denver, who recorded some 300 songs, of which 200 were his originals. Here are lists of his songs with links to song sheets: Doctor Uke and Ozbcoz (transposable) and one more. Join us in Zoom to share and appreciate the songs of John Denver.
Warm-up lesson at 3 PM EDT: fingerpicking patterns of John Denver
The Line-Up
- Take Me Home Country Roads in F [5] – Sheridan (CA) (1-page PDF)
- Annie’s Song in D [8] – Bruce (IT) (2-page PDF)
- Calypso in G [10] – Anne & Adrienne (5-page PDF) (play along video)
- Perhaps Love in C [7] – Ali (CA)
- Leavin’ on a Jet Plane in G [4] – Bruce, Ali, Anne
Song Suggestions
Listed in alphabetical order by song title, songs written by John Denver with the number in brackets refer to the number of chords. Bolded song title links to song sheets that can be transposed into any key.
- Annie’s Song in C (blog post) (2-page in D)
- Back Home Again [5]
- Calypso in G [10] (5-page PDF)
- Fly Away [6]
- Follow Me [5]
- For Baby, For Bobbie [3]
- Goodbye Again [7]
- Grandma’s Feather Bed [6]
- I’m Sorry [6]
- Leaving on a Jet Plane [5] (can be reduced to three chords)
- Like a Sad Song
- My Sweet Lady
- Perhaps Love [7]
- Poems, Prayers and Promises [7]
- Rocky Mountain High [6]
- Shanghai Breezes [6]
- Sunshine On My Shoulder [5]
- Thank God I’m a Country Boy [4]
- This Old Guitar [5]
- Welcome to My Morning [4]
What time do we meet?
- 21:00 CEST (Venice, Italy)
- 20:00 BST (UK)
- 3:00 PM EDT (East Coast USA)
- Noon PDT (West Coast USA)
- 9:00 AM HST (Hawaii)
There are many three chord songs but 3 Chord Thursday is not limited to 3 chords!! We always start with a warm up at 3 pm EDT followed by two poses for a group photo with our sunglasses and ukuleles. Then we announce our line-up. If there’s no request beforehand, we take impromptu requests and line them up. We aim to end an hour later at 4 pm EST.
Don’t forget your sunglasses!
- Register in Zoom for the Zoom link.
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- Request a song to perform in advance to get in the line-up.
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